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Philips
LHH 0502 |
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This almost belongs in the Invisibilia section as the LHH 0502 was made available for a few months only and really more as a preview of the upcoming LHH 2000... Presented in late spring of 1984, the LHH 0502 was a professional system based drive-wise, on the CD 300, fitted with all professional features such as dual remote-control, 19" rack control unit and TV monitor for all programming and diagnosis - same as Sony's CDP-5000 / CDA-5000 from... 1982 ! The
CD 300 base was stripped from all its buttons with only the open/close
key remaining ; communication with the main control system was done
with a flat multi-cable. Programming accuracy was of (previsibly)
13,3ms, that is 1/75th of a second. Being aimed at the broadcast
crowd, on air and local routing was possible, as was programming
& monitoring of one player while the other is playing on air. Mr Leo M. Greep, then product manager at Philips for the LHH 0502, stated that this was a first for Philips which would be quickly followed by another with dedicated drive units (LHH 2000) and later on by models tailored for DJs booming in discos - and more. Philips however missed that segment of the market as Sony (CDP-3000 / CDS-3000) and Denon (DN series) took most of it, with Technics and Victor playing on whatever space was left... Given the tentative 1984 list price of the LHH 0502, it is easy to understand not many radio stations bought one: 30.000DM ! The
LHH 0502 consists of three
different units, not counting the TV monitor : |
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Given the short lifespan of the LHH 0502, I don't think a proper catalog was ever made available - so these images come from a june 1984 Audio (DE) issue which were probably taken at a 1984 professional Audio Fair somewhere. |
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